Lot 122
  • 122

A flambe bottle vase Seal mark and period of Qianlong

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Description

well potted, the globular body rising gracefully to a flared mouth and supported on a slightly splayed foot, covered in a glossy raspberry glaze transmuting to a milky lavender around the body and mouth, the base dressed in a coffee glaze

Catalogue Note

It is extremely rare to find a flambe glazed vase of this form with the mark and period of Qianlong.  The present vase is particularly striking in its vivid contrasting glaze colors.  Compare a dark red flambe vase of similar form and larger size sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong 2nd May 1995, lot 89; and one of similar size in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, published in Rose Kerr, Chinese Ceramics: Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, London, 1986, pl. 3.  Another fine example was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31st October 2004, lot 209.